Part 846

Eth"ide (?), n. (Chem.) Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.

Eth"i*dene (?), n. [From Ether.] (Chem.) Ethylidene. [Obs.]

Eth"ine (?), n. (Chem.) Acetylene.

Eth`i*on"ic (?), a. [Ethyl + thionic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called.

Ethionic acid (Chem.), a liquid derivative of ethylsulphuric and sulphuric (thionic) acids, obtained by the action of sulphur trioxide on absolute alcohol.

{ E"thi*op (?), E`thi*o"pi*an (?) }, n. [L. Aethiops, Gr. &?;; &?; to burn + &?; face.] A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man.

{ E`thi*o"pi*an, E`thi*op"ic (?), } a. Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.

E`thi*op"ic, n. The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.

E"thi*ops (?) n. [NL. See Ethiop.] (Old Chem.) A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color. [Written also Æthiops.] [Obs.]

Ethiops martial (Old Chem.), black oxide of iron. -- Ethiops mineral (Old Chem.), black sulphide of mercury, obtained by triturating mercury with sulphur. -- Ethiops per se (Old Chem.), mercury in finely divided state, having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by shaking it up or by exposure to the air.

{ Eth"moid (?), Eth*moid"al (?), } a. [Gr. &?; like a sieve; &?; sieve + &?; from: cf. F. ethmoïde, ethmoïdal.] (Anat.) (a) Like a sieve; cribriform. (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.

Ethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.

Eth"moid (?) n. (Anat.) The ethmoid bone.

Eth`mo*tru"bi*nal (?), a. [Ethmoid + turbinal.] See Turbinal. - - n. An ethmoturbinal bone.

Eth`mo*vo"mer*ine (?), n. [Ethmoid + vomerine.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull.

Ethmovomerine plate (Anat.), a cartilaginous plate beneath the front of the fetal brain which the ethmoid region of the skull is developed.

Eth"narch (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; nation + &?; leader, commander. See -arch.] (Gr. Antiq.) The governor of a province or people. Lew Wallace.

Eth"narch*y (?) n. [Gr. &?;.] The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule. Wright.

{ Eth"nic (?), Eth"nic*al (?), } a. [L. ethnicus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; nation, &?; &?; the nations, heathens, gentiles: cf. F. ethnique.] 1. Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.

2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.

Eth"nic (?) n. A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.]

No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs.

Milton.

Eth"nic*al*ly (?), adv. In an ethnical manner.

Eth"ni*cism (?) n. Heathenism; paganism; idolatry. [Obs.] "Taint of ethnicism." B. Jonson.

Eth*nog"ra*pher (?) n. One who investigates ethnography.

{ Eth`no*graph"ic (?), Eth`no*graph"ic*al (?), }. a. [Cf. F. ethnographique.] pertaining to ethnography.

Eth`no*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. In an ethnographical manner.